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From the Editor....

inemas and Theatres… Open-Air or Hard-Top… like so
Cmany of you – I love them.
Whether they be quite grand or quite humble, these wonderful
buildings in all their different shapes and forms have a special
magic about them – a place where we come together to gaze at a
big screen and be transported into another world.
Far too many have been lost – even more have been long
forgotten – but they are all part of our rich cinema heritage; and thanks to the writing,
research and passion of so many like-minded people, I am pleased to again bring you a
fantastic mix of stories, articles, reminiscences and photos to not only transport us, but
also to celebrate and document their very existence.
The official journal of the Cinema And
I do hope you will enjoy this edition of CinemaRecord as much as l have.
Theatre Historical Society Inc.
Australia Happy Reading!
Kevin Adams

ISSN 1443-3664 • Published quarterly
Editor.
Editor: Kevin Adams
Letters Dear Editor,

CinemaRecord Artwork: For many years I have been searching
Bill Kerr, Optimum Design 9347 6969 without any success for photographs of the
Plaza Theatre that once stood on
Dear Editor, Melbourne Road in Newport, Victoria. I'm
The main aim of CATHS and this hopeful that one of your members may have
Thank you for CinemaRecord 68 – an
publication is to accurately document and a snap or two among their collection and
excellent issue. You arrange an excellent
create an archive of the history of group of photographs with each article. would like to share them - here's hoping!
cinemas and theatres. Keep up the good work, CinemaRecord
It will be interesting to see if all-digital
Input in the form of articles, theatre operations will be successful. is a great magazine, I look forward to the
next issue!
constructive criticism, and substantiated It all sounds simple to operate but l
dispute of printed matter is welcome, and wonder what may happen if the computer Kind Regards - Jon Fabian
Sydney.
necessary to enable us to reach our were to crash and wipe-out the program
objective. information? Hi Kevin,
Opinions expressed are those of the I worked in the Fox film despatch in CinemaRecord number 68 was truly
Sydney during the 1950s; their methods stunning. The colour cover was superb! All
Editor or contributors, and unless
hadn’t changed. New-Release films were I could do was skim: I had a guest around,
expressly stated so, are not necessarily
put onto spools and placed in trunks. If the and was tactfully ignoring what he was
those of the Cinema And Theatre
prints were required for interstate release, saying while I turned the pages.
Historical Society Inc. the film examiners would break them down Regards - Roderick Smith
Articles printed in CinemaRecord again to single reels and when the prints Surrey Hills.
should not be reproduced without the were returned for the suburban release they Dear Kevin,
had to be spooled again.
permission of the author or the editor. Thank you so much for CinemaRecord
I tried to suggest to them that they
All photos are from the collection of 67, l found it very interesting and a great
should ship trunks for all the film releases
the person or organisation stated. Every write up about Rowville Drive-In Theatre.
they shipped trunks and all - and l was told
effort has been made to trace the It would be my pleasure to write of my
it was not until Fox introduced
ownership of copyright. In the event of CinemaScope and films were imported in husband’s history in the industry as there
any questions arising as to the use of any 2000ft reels (because of the 4-track stereo would still be ones he worked with –
material, the author and publisher will be recordings) did they ship them like other retired, but still around.
happy to make the necessary corrections distributors. It bought back memories of the
in future printings. It is a strange circumstance for the Athenaeum as he worked there and said it
Contributions and suggestions for motion-picture industry and for cinema seemed the longest climb to any bio-box!
CinemaRecord are most welcome. Please operators that they are endeavouring to To fill in time sometimes they would
contact the Editor if you are planning combat movie piracy and yet we have drop small chocolates from up on top down
Foxtel advertising to subscribers to to the usherettes and try and get the
to write an article for the magazine.
download the latest movies! chocolates down the front of their blouses!
We may be able to assist you with
Thank you again for your great work. In the warmer weather the chocolates
information, contacts, etc and it will help would melt and the poor girls would have
us with forward planning. Best Wishes - William Gray to go and change because of the chocolate
North Parramatta.
stain - he did not say how successful they
were in hitting the target!
Contact: Kevin Adams
Telephone: 0409 946 066 READERS CONTRIBUTIONS Many thanks again - Gwen Hayes
Email: cinemarecord@hotmail.com ARE MOST WELCOME Narrawong.
Postal Address: PO Box 476, Email: cinemarecord@hotmail.com Front Cover: Hoyts Royal in Newcastle, NSW.
Bentleigh, Victoria, 3204 Postal: PO Box 476, Bentlieigh, Vic. 3204. From the Kevin Adams Collection.

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